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Large screens are a blessing for anyone who does more than light work on their computer. While you might think that 19 or 20 inch bargain basement LCD is doing just fine for you right now, you would be singing a different tune if we plopped a 24 or 27 inch beauty on your desk.

For those who only need to compute from a single location, it’s easy enough to snag such a display for relatively little cost and reap the benefits. But if you need to compute on the go, from multiple places, a laptop is a necessity and lugging around an external display is impractical, to say the least.

17-inch laptops are surprisingly popular for this very reason. While you don’t have that “don’t even feel it in the bag” experience with a 17-inch laptop, the benefits tend to outweigh the costs for many users. Models like this Dell Inspiron 17R not only offer a better screen for computing on-the-go, it also comes with a full size keyboard and plenty of ports.

It’s also nice that the laptop comes standard with a HD+ 1600 x 900 resolution, a strong upgrade over the usual WXGA 1366 x 768 found on many 14 and 15-inch laptops. The keyboard is a truly full-sized design, complete with separate number pad and the popular island or chiclet style design. Our deal offer model also includes 6GB of RAM and a 750GB hard drive.

Standard features abound on the 17R, including Wireless-N, Bluetooth, a HD webcam, USB 3.0, HDMI video output, media card reader, and more. This is also a recently refreshed model, designated 5721, which has a new, thinner design measuring in at just 1.12 – 1.4 inches thin and a hair over 6 lbs. Considering some 14-inch laptops are porkier than this 17-inch beast, we are really impressed with Dell’s new designs.

Wrapping up this surprisingly sleek package is a no-cost on-site warranty service for the first year, along with 90 days of premium phone support. While 17-inch laptops normally carry a bit of a price premium over comparably equipped 15-inch laptops, the massive $289 savings we found on this model makes it extremely price competitive and a straight-up hot deal.